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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as she speaks during a news conference in the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA headquarters on January 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

Kristi Noem out at DHS as chaos worsens

Russell Payne

Trump fires colorful symbol of his immigration crackdown after high-profile killings and alleged affair

Brian McGinnis, a protester dressed in a military uniform, gets stuck in a door, injuring his arm, as Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) (R) and U.S. Capitol Police officers attempt to remove him from a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. The protester has been identified as Brian McGinnis from North Carolina. The Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support is holding a hearing to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Sheehy removes anti-war veteran

Jelinda Montes

Brain McGinnis' arm was broken as Sheehy and police removed him from the Capitol

Newborns attended to by a nurse (Visual Studies Workshop/Getty Images)

The quiet coercion of maternity homes

Andi Zeisler

Kate Schatz’s "Where the Girls Were" revisits an era of secrecy, shame and girls pressured to give up their babies

Brownies (Ashlie Stevens)

Brownies, made better

Ashlie D. Stevens

Fudgy, bittersweet and finished with salt — with that thin, shiny crinkle top

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard talks to reporters at the White House on July 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tulsi Gabbard's conflict of interest

Jesselyn Radack

The director of national intelligence has mismanaged a whistleblower complaint involving Jared Kushner and Iran

A close-up of a spoon filled with colorful, loop-shaped cereal is surrounded by more vibrant cereal pieces. (Getty Images / Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography)

Target fades out synthetic cereal dyes

Joy Saha

The big-box retailer joins others in removing foods with artificial dyes from its grocery shelves by the end of May

Donald Trump takes questions at Mar-a-Lago on Dec. 22, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's latest Iran plan will backfire

Heather Digby Parton

As the administration reportedly prepares to arm Kurds, history shows the risks of using militias for regime change

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters ahead of a briefing by Trump administration officials to members of the Senate on U.S. strikes on Iran, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 3, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Voters sidelined over Middle East policy

Russell Payne

Republicans and Democrats have both carved out unpopular positions on America’s role in the Middle East

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

Noem misled Congress about Lewandowski

Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott - ProPublica

Testifying before the Senate, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for her chaotic management of the agency (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Noem under fire for more than just ICE

Jelinda Montes

The DHS secretary is facing accusations of hindering other departments of the sprawling agency she leads

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. ((Photo by Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images))

US measles status review delayed

Garrett Owen

Over 1100 measles cases have been reported in the US in 2026

A plume of smoke rises after an explosion on March 2, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was confirmed killed after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Iran strikes leave US travelers in lurch

Garrett Owen

Over a thousand Americans have requested State Department assistance to leave the region

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Bruce Springsteen ( Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for AFI)

The Neverland fantasy of "Born to Run"

Carlee Migliorisi

Springsteen reveals how a childhood love of Peter and Wendy led to a time-honored hit

An undated photograph of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein (Democrats on the House Oversight Committee)

DOJ admits to removing Epstein files

Jelinda Montes

The files, including allegations against Trump, are expected to be returned to the database after review

The various couples of "Bridgerton" and "Heated Rivalry" (Photo illustration by Salon / Netflix / HBO Max / Crave)

"Bridgerton" in a "Heated Rivalry" world

Melanie McFarland

In refreshingly different ways, these lusty pleasures have freed TV's hero romances from straight expectations

Some of MAGA podcaster Candace Owens' conspiracy theories surrounding Charlie Kirk's death involve Erika Kirk (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Candace Owens can't be stopped

Sophia Tesfaye

Erika Kirk’s defense of herself gets drowned out by “Bride of Charlie” documentary

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Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will advance to a May 26 run-off to determine the Lone Star State's GOP Senate nominee (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Danielle Villasana / Richard Rodriguez)

Texas primary shows MAGA loves a villain

Amanda Marcotte

Ken Paxton’s scandals helped him undermine John Cornyn as the GOP Senate primary goes to a runoff

(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / ROBYN BECK / AFP)

ICE’s lost and found problem

Nicholas Liu

Detainees were told their clothing, phones, documents and money were gone — and then their lawyers went to work

Smoke rises from the area after it was targeted in attacks as a series of explosions are heard in Tehran, Iran on March 01, 2026. The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) building after Iranian authorities said it was targeted in the attacks, as the Iranian army announced it had launched new strikes against U.S. and Israeli targets. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Does the US have an endgame in Iran?

Farah N. Jan - The Conversation

The attacks on Iran are terrifyingly light on strategy

Donald Trump used social media again to dictate policy. This time to end migration from "Third-World Countries" and call out Minnesota's Somalian community. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump: Favored Iran successors are dead

Alex Galbraith

The president admitted that his administration's first choices to lead Iran had been killed in airstrikes

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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The news conference comes after 37-year-old legal observer Alex Pretti was fatally shot during a confrontation with federal agents. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

MN launches probes into Bovino, DHS

Garrett Owen

The Department of Homeland Security called the investigations "unlawful"

Woman utilizing tablet in the kitchen while cooking (Getty Images/Tijana Simic)

Delete your food delivery apps

Joy Saha

I recently bid farewell to every single food delivery app on my phone. My overall well-being thanked me

Talk of President Donald Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" has been overblown (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s foreign policy has no rules

Heather Digby Parton

The president's war with Iran proves that talk of a "Donroe Doctrine" was fiction

ICE officers depart the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on February 4, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The staying power of mass deportations

Chauncey DeVega

Polls show that tens of millions of Americans still support ICE and the president's mass deportations

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